Month: September 2017

Jamison Gibson-Park’s 73rd-minute try helped Leinster to seal a 21-13 victory over Edinburgh in the Guinness PRO14 at the RDS Arena. Leinster turned a miscued Blair Kinghorn clearance into the game’s key score, with Gibson-Park’s fellow replacement Ross Byrne converting from out wide as the hosts got back to winning ways. Jason Tovey did all

PULLMAN, Wash. — Mike Leach’s Monday is not like your Monday. It’s not really like anyone’s Monday. The same could be said for all of his other days, too, though, to be fair, this particular week the Washington State football coach’s Monday is abnormal, even by his standards. Why? USC is coming to town for

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Arguably the best International team had a 2-up lead with eight holes to play. Jason Day and Marc Leishman had not lost a hole through 10 holes and seemed to be in command of their match against Phil Mickelson and Kevin Kisner. Given the plight of their team, it was crucial

ARLINGTON, Texas — Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell took a knee during the national anthem before Friday night’s game against the Texas Rangers. Maxwell has been the only Major League Baseball player to take to a knee, mirroring protests by NFL players against racial injustice. He was booed by a portion of the crowd before

9:23 PM BST ESPN staff Ospreys hooker Scott Baldwin missed his side’s PRO14 defeat to the Cheetahs on Friday after he was bitten by lion. Baldwin needed stitches at a local hospital Thursday, following the incident which occurred during a visit to a game park in Bloemfontein and left him with a laceration to his

Fresh off one of the richest events in combat sports history, UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor is the No. 1 target of virtually every boxer and mixed martial artist in the world. And he certainly knows it. During a public appearance Friday in Glasgow, Scotland — McGregor’s first since last month’s lucrative boxing match against

6:00 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports DOVER, Del. — In a playoff season with few surprises, Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch made sure that the status quo remained Friday at Dover International Speedway. Truex will start from the

OTTAWA, Ontario — Ottawa Senators goalie Craig Anderson agreed to a two-year, $9.5 million contract extension Friday that will pay him $5.5 million in 2018-19 and $4 million in 2019-20. The 36-year-old American was set to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. “It’s been a great home for me in

DOVER, Del. — Martin Truex Jr. has tried to enjoy his career year as much as he can. The veteran driver says he never knows when the run might end. Will Austin Dillon, Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch or Kasey Kahne advance? Does NASCAR need to regulate postrace celebrations? Who is a young driver that deserves

3:55 PM ET Paul LukasESPN.com Close Sports journalism’s foremost uniform reporter ESPN.com columnist since 2004 Also blogs at uni-watch.com Don’t look now, but hockey season is upon us, which means it’s time for the annual Uni Watch NHL Season Preview. And it’s a particularly momentous season for NHL gear, because the league has a new

3:55 PM ET Paul LukasESPN.com Close Sports journalism’s foremost uniform reporter ESPN.com columnist since 2004 Also blogs at uni-watch.com Don’t look now, but hockey season is upon us, which means it’s time for the annual Uni Watch NHL Season Preview. And it’s a particularly momentous season for NHL gear, because the league has a new

Sep 29, 2017 Paul LukasESPN.com Close Sports journalism’s foremost uniform reporter ESPN.com columnist since 2004 Also blogs at uni-watch.com Don’t look now, but hockey season is upon us, which means it’s time for the annual Uni Watch NHL Season Preview. And it’s a particularly momentous season for NHL gear, because the league has a new

Sep 29, 2017 Paul LukasESPN.com Close Sports journalism’s foremost uniform reporter ESPN.com columnist since 2004 Also blogs at uni-watch.com Don’t look now, but hockey season is upon us, which means it’s time for the annual Uni Watch NHL Season Preview. And it’s a particularly momentous season for NHL gear, because the league has a new

LONDON — New Orleans Saints safety Kenny Vaccaro said he has already experienced repercussions in the community from sitting during the national anthem last week. Vaccaro told the New Orleans Advocate that he had planned to grow his charitable Kenny Vaccaro Foundation this year, but he had to put the agenda on hold after half

OKLAHOMA CITY — It was mid-August and Paul George was holding a celebrity fishing tournament in Los Angeles. He had only been a member of the Oklahoma CIty Thunder for a little more than a month, but a large contingent of the organization made its way to participate — GM Sam Presti and assistant GM

Middlesex are to request a hearing with the ECB in an attempt to have the points deduction from their Championship match at The Oval revoked. Middlesex were penalised two points for a slow over-rate after that game against Surrey was abandoned following an incident when a bolt was fired onto the pitch by a crossbow.

CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs playoff rotation became a little clearer on Friday when the team all but ruled out righty Jake Arrieta for Games 1 or 2 of the division round against the Washington Nationals, in order to give his right hamstring more time to heal. Arrieta was essentially scratched from Sunday’s start for

3:24 PM ET Paul LukasESPN.com Close Sports journalism’s foremost uniform reporter ESPN.com columnist since 2004 Also blogs at uni-watch.com Don’t look now, but hockey season is upon us, which means it’s time for the annual Uni Watch NHL Season Preview. And it’s a particularly momentous season for NHL gear, because the league has a new